EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Essential Industries Inc
Merton, WI
- Total releases
- 139 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 9
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Essential Industries Inc: how the 139 lbs splits
139 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 139 lbs 100.0%
Essential Industries Inc's 139 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Butyl acrylate.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Essential Industries Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Merton, WI, in the chemicals sector. It reported 111 lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2023, and 139 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 16,224 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Wisconsin's 836 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Essential Industries Inc is pounds #647 and chemical-count #73 at 139 lbs. Mullins Cheese Inc leads reported pounds (11.2M lbs) at 3 chemicals (chemical-count #319). Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (2.2M lbs, pounds #16). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Quad/graphics Inc; Northern Stainless Corp; Quikrete - Wisconsin Plant; Prime Leather Finishes Co. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Wisconsin: Bostik Inc; Clorox Products Manufacturing Co; Professional Disposables International Inc.; Polymer Concentrates Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Butyl acrylate; N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone; Certain glycol ethers; Diisocyanates.
Essential Industries Inc stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 9 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 139 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bostik Inc and Clorox Products Manufacturing Co.
Essential Industries Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
139 lbs 38th percentile higher than 38% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Essential Industries Inc in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Essential Industries Inc reports the 3,126th-largest volume (139 lbs). Scale peers outside Wisconsin include Bostik Inc and Clorox Products Manufacturing Co.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Essential Industries Inc's total reported releases rose from 15 lb in 2022 to 111 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Essential Industries Inc's air releases rose from 15 lb in 2022 to 111 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Essential Industries Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Essential Industries Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 139 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 3422% (3 lbs to 111 lbs).
Essential Industries Inc: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Essential Industries Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 3422% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Butyl acrylate.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 lbs | 8 |
| 2020 | 5 lbs | 9 |
| 2021 | 5 lbs | 9 |
| 2022 | 15 lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 111 lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 9 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Butyl acrylate | 138 lbs | - |
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 1 lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 0 lbs | - |
| Diisocyanates | 0 lbs | - |
| Methyl methacrylate | 0 lbs | - |
| Styrene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Triethylamine | 0 lbs | - |
| Ethyl acrylate | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene glycol | 0 lbs | - |
Essential Industries Inc · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Quad/graphics Inc, Northern Stainless Corp, Quikrete - Wisconsin Plant, ordered by distance.
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About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Butyl acrylate, N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Certain glycol ethers, Diisocyanates; nearby reporters include Quad/graphics Inc. Essential Industries Inc stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Essential Industries Inc TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Butyl acrylate) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Essential Industries Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Merton, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325611 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Waukesha TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Technipfmc Gremp Campus (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Essential Industries Inc stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Butyl acrylate. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov